# 2009 AFC Champions League final

The 2009 AFC Champions League Final was a football match which was played on Saturday, 7 November 2009. It was the 28th final of the AFC Champions League, Asia's premier club football tournament, and the first single match final since 2002 when the competition was known as the Asian Club Championship. The match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo between Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia and Pohang Steelers of South Korea. The winners Pohang Steelers were also entered the quarter-finals of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.
Pohang Steelers defeated Al-Ittihad 2–1, winning its third title to become the most successful club in Asian football.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| Al-Ittihad | 2004, 2005 |
| Pohang Steelers | 1997, 1998 |

## Road to Tokyo

| Al-Ittihad | Al-Ittihad | Al-Ittihad | Round | Pohang Steelers | Pohang Steelers | Pohang Steelers |
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| Opponent | Result | Legs | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | Legs |
| Al-Shabab | 2–1 | | Round of 16 | Newcastle United Jets | 6–0 | |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 5–1 | 4–0 home; 1–1 away | Quarter-finals | Bunyodkor | 5–4 | 4–1 home; 1–3 away |
| Nagoya Grampus | 8–3 | 6–2 home; 2–1 away | Semi-finals | Umm-Salal | 4–1 | 2–0 home; 2–1 away |

## Match details

| Al-Ittihad | Pohang Steelers |
| GK | 1 | Mabrouk Zaid |
| RB | 6 | Obaid Al-Shamrani | | 64' |
| CB | 4 | Redha Tukar |
| CB | 21 | Hamad Al-Montashari |
| LB | 19 | Saleh Al-Saqri |
| DM | 14 | Saud Khariri |
| RM | 11 | Hicham Aboucherouane |
| CM | 18 | Mohammed Noor (c) | 50' |
| CM | 12 | Ahmed Hadid |
| LM | 8 | Manaf Abushgeer |
| CF | 27 | Amine Chermiti |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Tisir Al-Antaif |
| DF | 5 | Mohammed Salem |
| DF | 33 | Osama Al-Muwallad |
| MF | 16 | Meshal Al-Said |
| MF | 30 | Sultan Al-Nemri |
| FW | 15 | Luciano Leguizamón | | 64' |
| FW | 29 | Talal Al-Meshal |
| Manager: ||
| Gabriel Calderón ||
| GK | 1 | Shin Hwa-yong |
| RB | 2 | Choi Hyo-jin |
| CB | 24 | Hwang Jae-won (c) |
| CB | 32 | Kim Hyung-il |
| LB | 16 | Kim Jung-kyum | | 75' |
| CM | 20 | Shin Hyung-min | 39' |
| CM | 5 | Kim Tae-su |
| RW | 10 | Denílson | | 90+3' |
| AM | 7 | Kim Jae-sung | 29' |
| LW | 22 | No Byung-jun | 90+1' |
| CF | 9 | Stevica Ristić | | 71' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 41 | Kim Jee-hyuk |
| DF | 4 | Kazunari Okayama |
| MF | 8 | Hwang Jin-sung |
| MF | 12 | Park Hee-chul | | 75' |
| MF | 14 | Song Chang-ho | 90+1' | 71' |
| FW | 18 | Namkung Do | | 90+3' |
| FW | 23 | Yoo Chang-hyun |
| Manager: ||
| Sérgio Farias ||
* AFC Man of the Match:
* No Byung-jun
* Assistant referees:
* Matthew Cream
* Benjamin Wilson
* Fourth official:
* Peter Green